Autographic register



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Patented Mar. 21, 1933 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I LOUIS JENSEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOB '10 UNITED AIJ'TOGBAPFIO REGISTER CO, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS AUTOGBAI'HIG REGISTER Application filed February 6, 1932. Serial No. 591,421.

This invention relates particularly to autographic registers, and more particularly to registers employing fiat zig-zag folded stationery drawn from a supply packet beneath the platen oi the machine.

embodiment in the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an autographic register embodying the invention; Fig. 2, a perspective view of a withdrawable record-slip holder which fits into a recordcompartment of the machine; Fig. 3, a longitudinal sectional view of the machine; Fig. 4, a transverse sectional view, taken as indicated at line 4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5, a perspective view of the machine with the skeleton cover removed, the supply-compartment open, and the stationery and carbon-strips partly broken away; Fig. 6, a broken transverse section, taken as indicated at line 7 of Fig. 3; and Fig. 7, a broken detail perspective view of a corner of the platen showing a modified form of guide-member.

The invention is particularly adapted to small portable registers which in practice may be formed of sheet-aluminum. It will be understood that the stationery and metal are shown of much greater thickness than i used in practice, which results in'some distortion of the views.

In the construction illustrated, A designates a casing comprising a bottom-wall A, an inner wall or partition A a platen A an angular end-closure member A, and a carbon-roll holder A; B, a carbon-protecting device; 0, a skeleton cover; and D, a recordslip holder.

The casing A is provided with sidewalls 10 which may be formed integrally with the bottom-wall A. The inner wall A is attached to the sidewalls by means of lugs 11. It serves to divide the casing into two compartments, its front end being turned up to form an end-wall 12 for asupply compartment, and its rear end being turned down to form an end-wall 13 for an underlying recordcompartment. The sidewalls are provided near their front ends with a pair of upwardly extending guide-ears 14, having rearwardly extending notches 14?). A guide-roll 15 is journaled in the upper rear portion of the side-walls to guide stationery from the supply-compartment over the platen. A slot or window 10a is provided to permit the operator to observe how full the compartments are.

The platen A is provided with a pair of downwardly struck flanges 16 which fit over and are riveted to the side-walls 10. The platen is slotted at 16a to permit the ears 14 to project through. It is further rovided nearits front edge with a pair 0 register pins 17, which may be riveted in position.

An angular closure-member A is pivoted to the bottom-wall A by means of a hinge 18 and is provided with a' flange 19 which is adapted to snap into notches 19a in the sidewalls. The member is provided with an abutment member 20 which is riveted in position and helps to confine a packet of zig-zag folded stationery 21 in the supply compartment. The upper corner-portion 20a serves as a guide to direct the stationery from the packet to the guide-roll 15.

The carbon-roll holder orcannister A is of the type well known in the art. It is riveted to one of the sidewalls 10 and is provided with a hinged cover 22 which permits a roll of carbon-strips 23 to be inserted in the holder.

The carbon-protecting device B comprises a pair of thin flexible blades 25 which are pivotally attached to the top portion of one wall of the casing near the guide-roll 15, by means of a ring-like member 26, and are adapted to be bowed upwardly and sprung into a slot or keeper 100 in the opposite wall of the casing. The blades are each provided with a pair of forwardly extending fabric aprons 27 which are adapted to overlie and underlie the rear marginal edges of the carbon strips 23 which are led transversely over the platen between the stationery strips 21.

The skeleton cover C is adapted to fit ovei the platen and an open area is provided to permit inscriptions to be made on the strips led over the platen. Its front portion rests on the ears 14 and is thereby kept in proper spaced relation. The front edge 28 of the .cover serves as a guide to direct register perforation 21a into engagement with the pins 17. The cover has side flanges 29 which are equipped with indentations 29a adapted to engage indentations 16b in the platen flanges. The indentations serve to hold the cover in position and the flanges 29 serve to grip the carbon-strips in writing position, as shown in Fig. 4. The platen also has a rear flange 296 which helps to confine the closure-member A, and the flange is provided with a finger-catch 290 to facilitate removal of the cover from the casing.

The record-slip holder D comprises a withdrawable plate 30 having a flange'30a at its rear end, and a spring-clip 30?) at its front end which is adapted to engage the bottom wall of the casing and'hold the plate within the record-compartment. The front end of the plate also has a air of ears 30a in which is journaled a sha 31 which serves as a pivot for a jaw-member or gripper 32 which is urged against the plate 30 by means of a torsion spring 33. It will be readily understood from Fig. 3 that when a record-slip has been inserted into the record-compartment it will strike the flange 30a and its front end will overlie the gripper 32, but by a simple rocking movement of the gripper, as in-- dicated by dotted lines, the slip will drop into a position to be engaged by the gripper.

In Fig. 7 a modified form of guide-ear 34 is shown projecting above a platen A. The guide-ear is similar to the one shown in Fig. 5, except that a projection 34a is provided to help keep the stationery in position when the skeleton cover is raised.

The machine can be loaded very easily by removing the cover C and opening the closure A to permit insertion of a packet of stationery. The stationery is led back around the guide 15 and over the platen to the pins 17 Carbon-strips are interleaved between the stationery across the platen. The notches 14b in ears 14 help to hold the carbon down in position and prevent any forward shifting while loading the machine. The blades 25 are also interleaved with the stationery and the aprons 27 are made to overlie and underlie the rear edges of the carbons to prevent tearing of the carbon when the stationery is advanced. The machine may then be closed and is ready for use. After a form has been filled in the stationery is grasped at a finger opening in the front edge. of the platen, lifted off the pins and drawn forwardly till the next set of perforations engage the pins. The forms are then detached along lines of weakening, provided between the slips, and a record slip deposited in the machine as explained above.

Sometimes it is desirable to make further notations on the record-slip that should not appear on the slips to be given to the cus tomer. In that case the plate 30 maybe withdrawn from the register and it will serve as an excellent writing tablet.

The foregoing detailed description has been given for clearness of understanding only, and no unnecessary limitations should be understood therefrom, but the appended claims should be construed as broadly as permissible, in view of the prior art.

What I regard as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An autographic register comprising an elongated casing provided with a platen and immediately below said platen with a supplycompartment adapted to hold a zi -zag folded packet of continuous stationery; and a longitudinally withdrawable record-slip holder normally housed and removably secured beneath said compartment between the lower portions of'the side walls of said casmg.

2. An autographic register as specified in claini 1, in which the said record-slip holder is equipped at one end with a slip-gripping device.

3. An autographic register as specified in claim 1, in which said record-slip holder is equipped at one end with a slip-gripping device and with a casing-gripping device.

4. An autographic register comprising a casing having a bottom wall and side Walls of integral formation, and a platen forming the top of said casing; a sheet metal member within said casing forming a bottom for a. supply-compartment and a top for a record-slip compartment, said record-slip compartment being open at one end; and a longitudinally withdrawable record-slip holder within said record-slip compartment and detachably connected with said casing.

5. In means of the character set forth, a record-slip holder adapted to serve as a writing tablet, said holder comprising a plate equipped at one end with record-slip gripping means and with a clip adapted to engage a wall of a compartment adapted to contain said holder.

6. A record-slip holder for the purpose set forth, comprising a plate adapted to serve as a writing tablet, said plate equipped at one end with an upturned flange and at the other end with a depending wall-clasping clip and above the plane of said plate with a. recordslip gripping jaw.

7 n autographic register comprising a casing having a bottom wall and side walls, and a platen forming the'top of said casing; a partition wall within said casing forming a bottom for a supply-compartment and top for a record-slipcompartment, said record-slip compartment being open at one end; and a removable record-slip holder comprising a plate equipped at one end with a pivoted spring-held gripper located at the open end of sa1d record-slip compartment, said gri per being positioned so that one end of a sllp fully inserted in said record-slip compartment may overlie a portion of said gripper and be dropped and then gripped by the gripper upon actuation thereof.

8. An autographic register comprising a casing having a bottom wall and side walls and a platen forming the top of said casing; a sheet-metal member within said casing forming a bottom for a supply-compartment and a top for a record-slip compartment, said record-slip compartment being open at one end; and a longitudinally withdrawable reoord-slip holder within said record-slip com partment equipped at one end with a springheld gripper adapted to engage record-slips and equipped at the same end with a springclip engaging the bottom wall of the casing.

9. An autographic register comprising: a casing provided at its upper portion with a platen and beneath said platen with an elongated supply-compartment adapted to oontain zig-zag folded continuous stationery; a transverse guide at said casing near the rear end of said platen about which stationery may be drawn from said supply compartment onto said platen; a pivotally mounted angular closure having a member constituting a portion of the bottom of the casing and a member forming an end-wall for the casing; an abutment member carried by said angular member and spaced from the member which forms said end-wall and having its upper portion forming a guide for the stationery which is disposed in front of said first-mentioned guide; a record-slip compartment in the lower portion of said casing terminating near said abutment member, said last-mentioned compartment being open at its forward end; and a record-slip holder removably secured within and withdrawable from said record-slip compartment.

LOUIS JENSEN. 

